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Don Kirshner says in an interview that Mike Nesmith put his fist through the wall of the Beverley Hills hotel refusing 6
In 1970, Bob Marley And The Wailers released their version of the song as a Jamaican only single. 5
President George W. Bush has said "Sugar, Sugar" is one of his favorite songs. 4
In the TV Movie Archie: To Riverdale and Back again (VHS reissued title, Return to Riverdale), the now-older Jughead pl 3
English hard rock band Def Leppard got the idea for their 1987 hit "Pour Some Sugar on Me" from the song.[cit 3
Pop-rap artist Nitty sampled "Sugar, Sugar" for his 2004 single "Nasty Girl". 2
The song is featured in The Simpsons episodes "Boy-Scoutz N the Hood" and "Sweets and Sour Marge". 1
A live punk rock version is included on the 1981 LP Live At The Whisky, First Show Ever by The Germs. 1
Ray Stevens, the comic singer, provided the hand claps to the song[citation needed]. 1
The song was adapted for a TV commercial for Equal brand artificial sweetener in the late '80s -- "Sugar (no no no 0
On September 4, 2006, Dante and Wine performed the song together on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. This was the first ti 0
The song lists at #63 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time. 0
The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" was the 1969 number-one single of the year. 0
Rumors have circulated that the song was earlier offered to The Monkees, with Davy Jones singing on a demo that was nev 0
"Sugar, Sugar" is considered the canonical example of the bubblegum pop musical genre 0


Cunga, Sunday, 16 August 2009 21:20 (sixteen years ago)

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"Sugar, Sugar" is considered the canonical example of the bubblegum pop musical genre
Rumors have circulated that the song was earlier offered to The Monkees, with Davy Jones singing on a demo that was never released
Don Kirshner says in an interview that Mike Nesmith put his fist through the wall of the Beverley Hills hotel refusing to do "Sugar, Sugar."
The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" was the 1969 number-one single of the year.
The song lists at #63 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time.
Ray Stevens, the comic singer, provided the hand claps to the song[citation needed].
Pop-rap artist Nitty sampled "Sugar, Sugar" for his 2004 single "Nasty Girl".
On September 4, 2006, Dante and Wine performed the song together on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. This was the first time they had publicly performed the song together.
President George W. Bush has said "Sugar, Sugar" is one of his favorite songs.
In the TV Movie Archie: To Riverdale and Back again (VHS reissued title, Return to Riverdale), the now-older Jughead plays the original version of the song to his son; later he uses it to bridge the 'age gap' between them when he finds out his son is shy around girls — the two perform a 'rap' version of the song.
The song is featured in The Simpsons episodes "Boy-Scoutz N the Hood" and "Sweets and Sour Marge". In the former, Homer has a hallucination about dancing ice cream cones during a heat wave while listening to the song on Rod Flanders' personal stereo, but as the batteries run down, the song gradually slows down and stops and the ice creams melt, ending his dream.
English hard rock band Def Leppard got the idea for their 1987 hit "Pour Some Sugar on Me" from the song.[citation needed]
The song was adapted for a TV commercial for Equal brand artificial sweetener in the late '80s -- "Sugar (no no no no no no)/Now there's Equal (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)".
A live punk rock version is included on the 1981 LP Live At The Whisky, First Show Ever by The Germs.
In 1970, Bob Marley And The Wailers released their version of the song as a Jamaican only single.

Cunga, Sunday, 16 August 2009 21:22 (sixteen years ago)

that first one isn't trivia

Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 16 August 2009 21:24 (sixteen years ago)

Voted for the Nesmith one, even though the dude liked to put his fist through a wall whenever someone asked him something.

Master John of Scotland, alias Scotus (snoball), Sunday, 16 August 2009 21:26 (sixteen years ago)

Once an opinion is so powerful and universally believed as to appear on a wikipedia page it becomes fact, hence its inclusion, bro

Cunga, Sunday, 16 August 2009 21:28 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvb3di2unkA

ngl i'm downloading this right now

musically, Sunday, 16 August 2009 21:39 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBojt6fDVvw

Holy Cow Derail (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 16 August 2009 22:45 (sixteen years ago)

No mention of this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGlekEGY8HA

And as far as Def Leppard goes, I'm pretty sure they told me that in person when I interviewed them in the early '90s. ("Sugar Sugar" was supposedly also the first single Joe Elliott ever bought, as a kid.)

xhuxk, Sunday, 16 August 2009 22:46 (sixteen years ago)

President George W. Bush has said "Sugar, Sugar" is one of his favorite songs.

(ƨnɘhqɘϯƧ ƨ1ϯɿuƆ) | HI!!!!! | (Curt1s Stephens), Sunday, 16 August 2009 23:10 (sixteen years ago)

I'm really sad that that L'Trimm thing isn't a video.

dlp9001, Monday, 17 August 2009 02:11 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 21 August 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 22 August 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

Mike Nesmith wins again.

Cunga, Saturday, 22 August 2009 23:09 (sixteen years ago)

is there any triumph he can't achieve?

in excelsis ayo (roxymuzak), Saturday, 22 August 2009 23:09 (sixteen years ago)


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